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Worden-Chambers, Dorothy – Teacher Development, 2020
The importance of teacher cognition in curriculum implementation and the role of conceptual metaphor in teachers' thinking are equally well documented, yet the role conceptual metaphor might play in teachers' knowledge of curriculum has received less research attention. Drawing on a range of qualitative data, this study examines how five novice…
Descriptors: Language Role, Figurative Language, Beginning Teachers, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Ozarslan, Murat – International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education, 2020
The aim of this study is to compare the perceptions of the gifted students and non-gifted students concerning plants through metaphors. The phenomenology design, which is one of the qualitative research designs, was used in this study. Participants were was comprised of 136 gifted students from the Science and Art Centers (BILSEM) in two different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Academically Gifted, Student Attitudes
Bagci, Hakki; Bagci, Özlem Aslan – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2020
Because technology is developing each day and internet is getting easier to access, the types of communication among the people also have a constant alteration. Social media being one of the leads, especially the students undergoing an education frequently use these new communication styles. Studies in this context suggest that students do not use…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Figurative Language, Social Media
Crystal Chen Lee; Sibel Akin-Sabuncu; Suzanne Pratt – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2025
In this conceptual paper, we offer a framework to examine how residency programmes can critically reflect upon their existence and presence as a democratic hub. As a model of teacher preparation that blends theory and university coursework with practice, residency programmes are designed to prepare and diversify the teacher workforce for a…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Concept Formation, Democracy, Labor Force Development
Gregory, Maughn Rollins; Laverty, Megan Jane – Policy Futures in Education, 2022
Gareth B. Matthews (1929-2011) inaugurated the study of philosophy in children's literature by simultaneously arguing (1) that philosophy is essentially an encounter with certain kinds of perplexities, (2) that genuine philosophical perplexities are readily found in many children's stories, and (3) that many children are capable of appreciating…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Philosophy, Authors, Teaching Guides
Demir, Kadir; Güraksin, Gür Emre – Participatory Educational Research, 2022
Apart from the fact that human-like robots are still one of the most interesting topics in science fiction, artificial intelligence (AI) continues to develop rapidly as a popular phenomenon for all sectors. Although the idea that this rapid rise of AI means the rise of humanity has been voiced by many, the point of how AI will affect humanity…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Artificial Intelligence, Influence of Technology
Harara, Nour Mohammad – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2022
The present study endeavors to investigate the learning of the comprehension of semantic interpretation of metaphor in the expository writing by EFL learners at Albalqa Applied University, Jordan. Moreover, the study attempts to see the role of mother tongue influences in the learning and comprehension of semantic interpretation of metaphor in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Semantics
Lee, Clare; Ward-Penny, Robert – Teacher Development, 2022
Teaching using the principles of mathematical resilience can lead to a broad range of implementations with different emphases, all intended to mitigate the development of mathematical anxiety in learners and its attendant problems. This article considers 12 primary teachers' responses to the challenge of developing mathematical resilience within…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers
Miles, Sandra J. – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2022
To improve understanding of identities and inverses, and to provide a stronger foundation for future mathematics, Sandra Miles designed a two-part lesson that makes the relationship between identities and inverses explicit. This article illustrates Miles' teaching of the first part of the lesson, focused on addition and subtraction, and then gives…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 7, Grade 6
West, Nicole M. – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2022
This Scholarly Personal Narrative (SPN) builds on McCluskey-Titus and Cawthon's (2004) use of the "grass is always greener on the other side of the fence" metaphor to explore the experiences of a Black American woman faculty member transitioning from her role as a student affairs administrator to a full-time, tenure-earning faculty…
Descriptors: College Faculty, African American Teachers, Females, Figurative Language
Verostek, Mike; Griston, Molly; Botello, Jesús; Zwickl, Benjamin – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Understanding how physicists solve problems can guide the development of methods that help students learn and improve at solving complex problems. Leveraging the framework of cognitive task analysis, we conducted semistructured interviews with theoretical physicists (N=11) to gain insight into the cognitive processes and skills that they use in…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Troubleshooting
Özdemir, Duygu; Kinik Topalsan, Aysegül – Educational Process: International Journal, 2022
Background/purpose: Understanding gifted students' perceptions by means of metaphors, carefully examining and interpreting them may help to guide the organization of training programs and the differentiation of educational content for gifted students. This study aims to reveal the perceptions of gifted students regarding science and mathematics…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Student Attitudes, Academically Gifted, Mathematical Concepts
Sever, Melih; Ozdemir, Seyhan; Jobson, Kate – Higher Education Research and Development, 2022
The aim of this study is to explore and analyze metaphors constructed around academics, in both the contexts of the UK and Turkey, to see if general opinion on academics seems to be shifting from the well-known 'ivory-tower' reputation, and if the perception differs amongst sub-groups based on their varying amounts of exposure to the reality of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Figurative Language, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Odzemir, Hasan Fehmi; Toraman, Cetin; Korkmaz, Gunes – Educational Process: International Journal, 2022
Background/purpose: The aim of this research is to examine the meanings through metaphors that academics derive from their experiences regarding the measurement and evaluation practices when emergency remote teaching was conducted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to identify the problems they experienced with the measurement and evaluation practices,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Satisfaction, Measurement Techniques, Evaluation Methods
Michelsen, Malte; Groß, Jorge; Paul, Jürgen; Messig, Denis – Science Education International, 2022
Dealing with students' conceptions is one of the central elements of student-oriented teaching. To be able to organize learning processes efficiently, it is necessary to look at the learners in a differentiated way and to approach their conceptions individually. The first necessary step is the individual diagnosis of each student's conceptions.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Knowledge Level, Plants (Botany), Nutrition